Antigua to consider request for probe of controversial Chinese power plant

Amid mounting pressure and the prospect of street protests, the Antigua government yesterday announced that it had set up a ministerial sub-committee to consider a request by the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) for a probe into the controversial Chinese built US$47M Wadadli Power Plant.

Numerous questions have been raised in Antigua over whether value for money has been obtained for this project and whether old Chinese